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The Minnesota Twins (66-61) host the Boston Red Sox (62-67) at 7:40 PM ET on Tuesday in a matchup featuring two of the league’s most consistent batters. Luis Arraez has a batting average of .320 (fourth in the majors) for the favored Twins (-132), while Xander Bogaerts is ninth in MLB play batting .305 this season for the underdog Red Sox (+112). Minnesota’s Chris Archer gets the start against Boston’s Kutter Crawford.
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Game Info, Betting Lines for Twins vs. Red Sox
- Game Day: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
- Game Time: 7:40 PM ET
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Stadium: Target Field
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Twins | -132 | 8.5 |
Twins Stats & Trends
Twins Batting
- The Twins are 10th in MLB action with 149 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
- The Twins have the 11th-ranked batting average in the majors (.249).
- The Twins rank eighth in baseball with a .319 on-base percentage.
- The Twins strike out 8.2 times per game to rank 11th in baseball.
- The Twins average 1.1 homers per home game this season (76 total at home).
- The Twins have a .408 slugging percentage and are averaging 2.9 extra-base hits per game at home.
- The club is batting .250 with 556 hits (8.3 per game) at home this season.
Twins Key Batters
- Arraez has an OPS of .814, fueled by an OBP of .387 to go with a slugging percentage of .427. All three of those stats lead Minnesota hitters this season.
- Among all qualified batters in MLB, Arraez is fourth in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage, and 66th in slugging.
- Arraez hopes to build on a two-game hitting streak in this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with a double, three walks and an RBI.
- Jorge Polanco is hitting .235 with 16 doubles, 16 home runs and 64 walks.
- Polanco ranks 116th in batting average, 42nd in on-base percentage and 87th in slugging in MLB.
- Carlos Correa leads Minnesota in total hits (107) this season, and 32 of those have gone for extra bases.
- Gio Urshela has been key for Minnesota with 100 hits, an OBP of .314 plus a slugging percentage of .429.
- Urshela has hit safely in three straight games. In his last five games he is batting .313 with two doubles, four walks and four RBI.
Red Sox Stats & Trends
Red Sox Batting
- The Red Sox have hit 122 homers this season, which ranks 20th in the league.
- The Red Sox’s .257 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking sixth in MLB.
- The Red Sox have the 12th-ranked on-base percentage in MLB this season (.316).
- The Red Sox rank 16th with an average of 8.5 strikeouts per game.
- In 64 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 51 homers, an average of 0.8 per contest.
- In 64 road games this season, they’re slugging .381 with 193 hits going for extra bases.
- They are averaging 8.6 base hits per game and batting .248 on the road this season.
Red Sox Key Batters
- Rafael Devers has racked up 130 hits, a team-best for the Red Sox.
- Including all qualified hitters, Devers ranks 21st in batting average, while his on-base percentage is 38th and he is eighth in slugging.
- Bogaerts has a .373 OBP while slugging .448. Both lead his team.
- Including all qualifying hitters, Bogaerts’ batting average places him ninth, his on-base percentage is 12th, and he is 49th in slugging.
- Alex Verdugo is hitting .282 with 33 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 30 walks.
- Tommy Pham is hitting .251 with 19 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 46 walks.
Twins vs. Red Sox Probable Pitchers
| Archer | Crawford | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GS | 11 |
| 2-7 | W-L | 3-5 |
| 4.34 | ERA | 5.30 |
| 91.1 | IP | 73.0 |
| 43 | BB | 25 |
| 78 | SO | 72 |
